<s>
The	O
software	O
program	O
VICE	O
,	O
standing	O
for	O
VersatIle	O
Commodore	O
Emulator	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
cross	B-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
emulator	B-Application
for	O
Commodore	O
's	O
8-bit	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Win32	B-Library
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
,	O
GP2X	B-Device
,	O
Pandora	B-Device
(	O
console	O
)	O
,	O
Dingoo	B-Device
A320	I-Device
,	O
Syllable	B-Application
,	O
and	O
BeOS	B-Application
host	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VICE	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
since	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VICE	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
Win32	B-Library
)	O
prior	O
to	O
v3.3	O
were	O
known	O
as	O
WinVICE	B-Application
,	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
variant	O
is	O
called	O
Vice/2	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
emulator	B-Application
running	O
on	O
BeOS	B-Application
is	O
called	O
BeVICE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VICE	O
2.1	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
emulates	B-Application
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	B-Device
VIC-20	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	B-Operating_System
Plus/4	I-Operating_System
,	O
C64	B-Device
Direct-to-TV	I-Device
(	O
with	O
its	O
additional	O
video	O
modes	O
)	O
and	O
all	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
models	O
including	O
the	O
CBM-II	B-Device
but	O
excluding	O
the	O
'	O
non-standard	O
'	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
SuperPET	O
9000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinVICE	B-Application
supports	O
digital	O
joysticks	B-Device
via	O
a	O
parallel	B-Device
port	I-Device
driver	B-Application
,	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
CatWeasel	B-Device
PCI	B-Protocol
card	I-Protocol
,	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
perform	O
hardware	O
SID	O
playback	O
(	O
requires	O
optional	O
SID	O
chip	O
installed	O
in	O
socket	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VICE	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
used	O
emulators	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Commodore	O
8-bit	O
personal	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
usable	O
Commodore	O
emulators	B-Application
to	O
exist	O
on	O
free	B-Application
Unix-based	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
most	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
BSD	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VICE	O
3.4	O
drops	O
support	O
for	O
Syllable	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
,	O
SCO	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
,	O
SGI	O
,	O
AIX	O
,	O
OPENSTEP/NeXTSTEP/Rhapsody	O
,	O
and	O
Solaris/OpenIndiana	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
remaining	O
traces	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
Minix	O
,	O
SkyOS	B-Application
,	O
UNIXWARE	O
,	O
and	O
Sortix	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VICE	O
3.5	O
drops	O
explicit	O
support	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
and	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
GTK3	B-Application
UI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
VICE	O
emulator	B-Application
was	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
for	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
emulator	B-Application
powered	O
by	O
a	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
